D.97-08-056 Table of Contents

• OPINION
• I. Procedural Background
  • A. Electric Restructuring Policy and Decisions
  • B. The Unbundling Proceeding
• II. Scope and Purpose of the Proceeding
• III. Retail Transmission Rate Stipulation
• IV. Criteria for Evaluating Unbundling Proposals
  • A. Unbundling Must Be Consistent With the Spirit and Letter of AB 1890 and Other Relevant Law
  • B. Costs Associated With One Function Will Not Be Allocated to Other Functions
  • C. Utility Revenue Requirements Will Not Be Modified in This Proceeding.
  • D. Utility Risk Will Not Change in This Proceeding
• V. Utility Revenue Requirements Proposals
  • A. PG&E
  • B. Edison
  • C. SDG&E
• VI. Development of the Distribution Revenue Requirements and Treatment of FERC Revenue Requirements for Transmission
• VII. Functional Accounts
  • A. Load Dispatching and Costs Associated with the PX and ISO.
  • B. Line Extension Allowances
  • C. Cost of Capital
  • D. Escalation Factors
  • E. Catastrophic Events Memorandum Accounts (CEMA)
  • F. Hazardous Substance Clean-up and Litigation Cost Accounts (HSCLS)
  • G. Administrative and General (A&G) Expenses
    • 1. Fixed A&G Costs
    • 2. SONGS and Palo Verde A&G Costs
    • 3. Customer Services and Marketing Costs
  • H. Franchise Fees and Uncollectibles (FF&U)
  • I. Miscellaneous Revenue
  • J. Accounts and Charges for Potentially Uneconomic Costs
    • 1. PG&E’s Diablo Canyon ICIP Account
    • 2. Edison’s MAM
    • 3. SDG&E’s MAM
    • 4. Discussion
  • K. PG&E’s TRA
  • L. Final Revenue Requirements
• VIII. Revenue Allocation and Rate Design
  • A. Revenue Allocation
    • 1. Methods For Allocating Distribution Revenues
    • 2. Allocation of the Rate Reduction Bond Recovery Costs and Discounts
    • 3. Allocation of the Costs of Public Purpose Programs, CARE, Nuclear Decommissioning/Incremental Cost Incentive Price
  • B. Rate Design
    • 1. Calculating the CTC
    • 2. Virtual Direct Access
    • 3. CTC Impact on Baseline and CARE Rates
    • 4. Edison’s CARE Surcharge
    • 5. Edison’s Domestic Seasonal Rate Adjustment
    • 6. Bill Credit Procedures
    • 7. PX Energy Charges
    • 8. Rate Design for Distribution, Public Purpose Programs and Nuclear Decommissioning Costs
    • 9. Unbundling and Continuation of Flexible Pricing Options
    • 10. Large Power Rate Design Issues
    • 11. Distribution Line Losses
• IX. Master Meter Issues
  • A. Minimum Average Rate Limiter (MARL)
  • B. Funding Costs to Implement Direct Access for Tenants
  • C. Tariff Modifications for Master-Metered Customers
• X. Bill Format Issues
  • A. Rate Reduction Credits
  • B. Power Exchange Prices
  • C. Extent of Unbundling Rates on Bills
  • D. Other Bill Information
• ORDER